Bed/Mattress question

[chris_the_wrench]

Do you find the Froli system keeps condensation from building up under your mattress and possibly warmer in the cold winter months?

I have a very comfortable mattress I assembled out of 5" thick 5lb density memory foam ontop of 4" of standard foam, but I really need something under it to vent out the moisture.

-Chris

if anyone is pondering a build or radical replacement to go super light...
You might find the "Froli Sleep System" of interest. It is in use in products like the XPCamper-PopUp and Yachts. My wife and i have chosen it for our Van build. Reasonably priced and very compact. The "system" is just under 2" in height, then you would place a bed topper for mattress. . .and use flat sheets. Owners/users claim it is as comfortable if not more so, than their box spring and luxury topper mattress sets at home.

happy trails,
thom

 

[Overland Hadley]

Does anyone with experience of the Froli system think a repeated kneeing in one spot would damage that areas springing? Although I suppose its easy to rotate those springs that are getting most grief?

Or, you could just replace the worn springs.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Do you find the Froli system keeps condensation from building up under your mattress and possibly warmer in the cold winter months?

From the website, air circulation is one of the major selling points. I also think it would help with insulation, depending on what kind of platform you are sleeping on.

 

[Accrete]

ditto on what Hadley posted above. excellent circulation.

 

[Riptide]

Does anyone with experience of the Froli system think a repeated kneeing in one spot would damage that areas springing? Although I suppose its easy to rotate those springs that are getting most grief?

The Froli springs are made of two parts: a center anchor that gets screwed down, and the actual "spring" part, which attaches to the anchor with a 90 degree twist. They twist on and off in mere seconds, so they're very easy to replace or change out spring rates.

As far as repeated use, they seem to be pretty durable; I don;t think I've broken one yet, although they don't see much "repeated" use individually...

I would like to caution that if one is fabbing up a bed to use these, don't forget the height of the attached springs. On our Westy camper, the bed platform sections slide into place via tracks along the sides of the camper, so the sections "nest" above each other, with ample clearance for the Froli springs.

 

[bigun]

Fixed my problem sort of, I took the legs off the drop down back rest and screwed them to a piece of 1 inch plywood cut to fit the bed width, then slid my futon mattress on it I now have room to roll over! I used the other thin mattress as insulation by wedging it between the front of the rig and me.

 

[Regcabguy]

Good night.

My wife and i both feel the stock mattress in our Northstar is very comfy and we sleep great every night in it.

I'm with 'ya. Our Northstar innerspring is going on 10 years now and we sleep great on it. I'm removing it for a month or so,and am going to try removing the mattress via the emergency exit up front. Hopefully,they didn't build the camper around the mattress. I just need to turn it.

 

[Greggk]

for those of you using memory foam for mattresses, did you buy actual memory foam beds, or did you buy the toppers and adapt them to your usages? how are they comfort wise for camping? :coffeedrink:

 

[jesusgatos]

I started out with a queen-sized Tempurpedic mattress, but only because I already had one. Otherwise I'd probably have bought one of the costco-type knockoffs.

 

[jesusgatos]

It's pretty great, except that it's very temperature-sensitive.

 

[Scoutman]

So the Northstar guys have innerspring mattresses and like em and then those of us with the cheap foam camper mattresses are looking for upgrades.... I'm seeing a pattern here. :elkgrin:

 

[DesertBoater]

Has anyone figured out a simple and comfortable system that replaces the foam mattresses in a FWC Eagle? It's the next thing to do on my list, and it seems like the Froli system would be sweet, however i'm not sure how well it would work as I'd need it to separate into two pieces, and then stack on one another while traveling. I've considered Thermarest style self-inflating pads, mattress toppers, and other pieces of foam, but nothing is really hitting the spot. The three requirements for me are

1) two pieces so that they can stack when in travel mode

2) one is thicker than the other to create a level sleeping surface because of the raised height of the slide-out

3) When stacked, they aren't so high as to prevent the roof from being able to come completely down in travel mode

Any thoughts or suggestions? amusing anecdotes?

 

[arlon]

I threw my camper mattress out the morning after our first night on it. We drove straight to walmart and got a memory foam mattress, it was 1000% better. Just built a bed for my van and it has 4" foam and 2" upholstery foam (pretty hard by itself) from hancock fabrics and a memory foam topper. It's more comfy than the bed in the house. Memory foam can be hard as a brick until it warms up a little. Elec. blanket fixes that if you have power..